The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will once again come from Alaska this year, specifically from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast. The tree from the Tongass rainforest, known for old-growth trees ...

Recent long-term studies revealed a three-quarters reduction of insects in parts of Germany and an 80% decline in pollinating flies at a field site in Greenland. What’s going on with numbers of Alaska ...

Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when ...

An anchored commercial fishing troller enjoys some serenity in Roosevelt Harbor on Zarembo Island. September 9, 2019. Tongass National Forest. (Photo by Eric Castro) Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...

A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest U.S. national forest, is now a little bit bigger, thanks to a land purchase and transfer arranged by two ...

In the first two days of his new term, President Donald Trump signed more than 200 executive orders. One was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska. It attempts to roll back protections ...

Covering over half of the state’s land area, Alaska's Boreal Forest is dominated by the hardiest trees. This tapestry of spruce and aspen shifts from green to golden to white when the season’s annual ...

Federal protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest will be lifted this week by the Trump administration, allowing "logging and other forms of development" to occur in the world's largest intact ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Glenn Juday stands next to a white spruce that sprouted from seed two years after Britain ceased hostilities against the colonies in the Revolutionary War, the last time fire swept ...

A final review of the draft Tanana Valley State Forest Management Plan is now available for public feedback, according to a news release from the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF).

A Forest Service ranger with the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center acts as bear crossing guard as visitors look on. (Photo by Cam Byrnes) The Trump administration is planning to close some U.S. Forest ...